Tag: Drawing
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Simply The Best……..part ii
King’s Cliffe Endowed Primary School ‘Heroes’ Mural – The Movie King’s Cliffe Endowed Primary School, King’s Forest, King’s Cliffe, Peterborough, PE8 6XS
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Simply The Best
King’s Cliffe Endowed Primary School ‘Heroes’ Mural 8.12.17 – 18.1.18 I always feel a little anxious when embarking on a new project, even when I’ve worked at that place before, know the surroundings and the people there. Despite having painted several ‘Bigger Pictures’ in recent years I’m still haunted by the same insecurities. I feel…
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Invincible 2
The Fulbridge Academy Sports Hall Project – First Half 6.10.17 Day 16 The back walls are starting to take shape, however some modification of the design has been necessary. Two noticeboards have been removed as well as an old electrical fuse box, which has caused not only an adjustment of the original design but also…
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Invincible
The Fulbridge Academy Sports Hall Project September ’17 Soon after the start of the 2017/18 football season and I’m working at Fulbridge Academy again. I’m both honoured and excited to be given another opportunity to paint on a monumental scale and this time I’m in the Main Hall (now renamed as Looney Tune Land). This…
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Pure Imagination
‘Once Upon A Time’ Mural at Rowlatts Hill Primary School, Leicester 7.9.16 – 13.2.17 ‘If you want to view paradise Simply look around and view it Anything you want to do, do it Wanna change the world? There’s nothing to it’ I know I’ve used the phrase ‘most challenging project’ before, and I hate to…
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Thank You For The Music
The Fulbridge Academy Music Room Project – The Cavern………. 4.1 – 10.6.16 The BriefI know I’ve said this before, and I’m certain I will say it again, but this was a most demanding and challenging project, perhaps the most complex and involved mural proposal I’ve been involved with. Even before I’d completed the Fulbridge ‘Sistine…
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My Hero
The ‘Casablanca’ Mural at Rowlatts Hill Primary School, Leicester 16.11 – 4.12.15 Why ‘The Casablanca Mural’? Humphrey Bogart famously said in the last line of that movie, “Louie, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship”, and I looked upon my invitation to work with Rowlatts Hill Primary School in Leicester in the…
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Seasons Change
Landmarks & Milestones: A Painter’s Progress 5-29 October 2015 • The Castle, Wellingborough NN8 1XA Our lives follow a meandering path, taking us in different and unexpected directions. This retrospective exhibition is an opportunity to reflect upon a painting career that has incorporated a variety of subjects and activities, with dramatic changes in scale. From…
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Dans le port d’Amsterdam
Operation Amsterdam 1997 & 1998 Following footsteps I walk streets graced by Rembrandt To catch his shadow * Balancing bridgeways Over watery highways Cobble stoned byways * Coffee, freshly brewed Rijksmuseum, van Gogh too Mind that! Sidestep poo! Wet Streets, silver lines Hand rolled cigs (but not Woodbines!) Red lights, neon signs Bike bells ring,…
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Miss You
Oh, Vienna An ongoing memento…….. In Graben A beautiful voiceSinging in a crowded streetWith dark, closed, blind eyes Time stilled, lost in songIgnored by walking talkers– but not by us 25.7.08